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America’s Birthright Enters the AI Age

Here’s an interesting variation on Jim Rickards’ “American birthright” theme: The Trump administration is opening up four parcels of federal land to host data centers

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Trump’s Favorite Whipping Boy

As we mention in passing now and then, Donald Trump drops regular hints that he might (or might not) fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell… Is Powell a “dead man walking”?

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A $1.4 Trillion Task

Team Trump issued a 23-page white paper. The gist? Unless the U.S. power grid grows, the demands placed from AI will result in spiking electricity prices.

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The Most Important Chart You’ll See All Year

Last winter, the president declared a national emergency… The emergency is the stress that AI is putting on the power grid.

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The Mainstream’s Still in the Dark

OK, everything we said Monday about how the mainstream is catching on to the immense demands AI is making on an already-stressed power grid? Never mind.

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How 50 States Are (Now) Giving You Access

Paradigm’s decentralized finance (DeFi) expert James Altucher notes: “[This] shadowy corner of the internet is creating millionaires.”

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Power Struggle in PA

More than any other interconnection, PJM is feeling the squeeze from the explosion in use of AI engines like ChatGPT.

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Mother of All Tariffs

The big tariff headline today is the president slapping a 35% levy on Canada effective Aug. 1. But that’s peanuts compared with what’s coming as early as Monday.

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Trump Buys His First Mining Stock

The story never caught fire in the corporate media — but we made a point of bringing it to your attention at the end of April.

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Lights Out

Even the most advanced economy in the world is not immune to energy shortages.

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Beware Four “Gotcha” Taxes

Seriously, the Big Beautiful Bill couldn’t address any of the “gotcha taxes” sprinkled throughout the tax code?